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J. HARRISON, 0. HUNTRESS A, S. LEWIS.

GAR COUPLING.

' 'No. 347,035. Patented Aug. 10, 1886..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JEREMIAH HARRISON, OEVILLE HUNTRESS, AND AUGUSTUS S. LEI'VIS, OFMANHATTAN, KANSASjSAID .I-IUNTRESS ASSIGNOR TO SAID HARRISON AND LEIVIS.

CAR-:COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,035, dated August10, 1886.

\ Application filed March 22, 1886.

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings and theletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification. 7

Our invent-ion relates to improvements in car couplings, by which eachdraw-head is. provided with a coupling-link and incline lug or standardon opposite sides of the drawliead,.whereby the cars may be coupledautomatically, and a suitable device for-uncoupling the same from thetop or side of either ear, thereby avoiding the danger incident to goingbetween the cars for those purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one endof a car with our device attached. Fig. 2 is a horizontal top view ofthe draw -head, and Fig. 3 is a perpendicular sectional view of thesame. Fig.4 is a view of a detached lug Orstandard. Fig. 5 is a view ofa detached linklifter.

In all the figures similar parts are similarly lettered. I V

A is a draw -head having three compartments, the middle one of which issimilar to ings for the insertion of a coupling link and pin, so thatthe cars may be coupled in the ordinary way, if desired, and as would benecessary should the adjoining car not have our In the construction ofthe draw-head this middle compartment may be dispensed with, if desired.

On the bottom of the compartment, on one side of the draw-head,is a lugor standard, B, projecting upward,with an incline surface from its front'base to its rear terminus, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the compartment on the opposite side of the draw-head are openingsfor the insertion Serial No. 196,119. (No model.)

of the coupling-link D and pin a, the opening for the coupling-linkdecreasing in size toward the rear end, where it is but little largerthan the link itself, as shown at bin Fig. 3, so that said link will beheld in a nearly-horizontalposition. Itisthoughtdesirable to slightlyincline the ends of the couplinglinks upward, the better to insure theirstriking the incline surface of the lug or standard B. 5

It will readily be seen that with our device oncach car, when the carsare run together, the coupling-link on each will traverse theincline onthe lug or standard opposite and drop over the same, thereby making adouble 6 coupling.

. Toinsure coupling where one car is lower than the other, we extend theincline lug or standardBdown the end of the bed, orincline the. beditself on that side of the draw-head, as shown at O in Fig. 3, which bedmay be much thicker at this point, and extend below the other parts ofthe draw-head as far as necessary to insure the striking of the inclineby the coupling-link on a much lower car. Bu'lf- 5 ers a a extend outfrom the middle of the draw-head, as in the old style. v

To insure strength it is deemed advisable to make the lug or standard 13of a separate piece,which'may be bolted or otherwise firmly 8 secured tothe draw-head.

The coupling-links, being alike, are interchangeable, or may be used tocouple the cars in the ordinary way.

The link-lifters F F are in the form of a 8 5 clevis, with the inwardprojections or bent ends f f resting on the bed of the draw-head andunder the coupling-links when the cars are coupled. These link-liftersare connected at the top by chains to the outer end or cross- 0 bar ofthe crank-shaped lever E, both arms of which are strapped to the body ofthe car in such a manner as to admit of their being easily turned asdesired. To operate the same from the side of the car, one or both ofthese 5 arms may be extended, as g, to the side of the car, and bent toform the lever h,which,when pulled down, raises the link-lifters F F,thereby raising the-cogpling-links above the tops raised by catching thehook i ever the lever 71. If desired, said lever 71, instead of beingformed by bending the arm 9, may be made of a separate piece.

The cross-bar j is connected by a chain or red, or chain and rod,withthe lever Z, which is pivoted to the root" of the car at 7.1.

To uneouple from the roof of the car, press down on the rear end of thelever I, (which, if desired, may be caught under the hook 111,) therebyraising the link-litters and couplinglinks, as before mentioned.

Vith this device on each ear, the cars may be uncoupled from either.

\Ve are aware of the invention by others of car-couplings having twolinks and incline standards, also of devices t'or coupling carsautomatically. These we do not broadly Claim; but

\Vhat we do claim as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. The draw-head A, having a central com partment, a side compartmentformed with the upwardly and rearwardly inclined lug 1 between which andthe side and rear walls ot the compartment is a space for a link to liein, and a second side compartment decreasing in size from front to rear,substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with the draw-head having the central and two sidecompartments, the clevis linklifters F, iitting within the sidecompartments and formed with inwardlyextending projections/"f, adaptedto lie horizontally within the side compartments under the links,substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The combination of the draw head formed with the central and two sidecompartments, the clevis link-lifters 1*, iitting within the sidecompartments and formed with inwardly-extending projections adapted tolie horizontally within the side compartments under the links, thecrank-lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and extending to the sidethereof, and connected with the elevis-lifters, and the lever fnlerumedat the top of the car and connected with the cranklever, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we at'tix oursignatu res in presence of twowitnesses.

JI'EllllMlAll l LUHZISON. Ol -VlL'l'iIl'l HUNT] LESS. AUGUSTUS S.JARVIS.

lVitnesses:

Tnos. IIUNTER, THos. H. Fnnnis.

